We reach over a million people from all faiths, countries, and ethnicities each year as we help communities implement the three pillars of health: clean water sources, improved sanitation facilities, and proper hygiene training.

We contribute to the efforts of key global immunization organizations and we support local immunization campaigns through social mobilization and local support in countries where disease claims the lives of many children.

The World Health Organization estimates that one million newborns die each year from breathing difficulties. LDS Charities provides training to medical personnel around the world in an effort to decrease the deaths of newborns and their mothers each year.

Over 300 million people worldwide live with low vision or blindness. We work to improve the quality of eye care and treatment delivered by local health care organizations so that blindness and visual impairment may be avoided.

We work with partner organizations that serve people with mobility disabilities to provide appropriate manual wheelchairs to individuals. According to WHO guidelines, we ensure each person is assessed, fit, instructed, and given ongoing support.

The USNS Comfort brings together some of the brightest, most experienced people from a variety of backgrounds and skill sets to serve others from around the world. Even though this was my forth time volunteering on a navy hospital ship, I still felt a little intimidated working alongside so many gifted volunteers. But I’ve learned that everyone makes their own unique contribution—I felt that mine was to make everyone feel loved, valued, and recognized, both patients and volunteers.

This year I was assigned to work in the pre-operation area, which meant I was able to care for and befriend all the surgery-bound patients.